bigray57

Bought this EXACT TV from Walmart on Black Friday bundled with a really nice wall mount for $899.00. This is an AMAZING TV with an AMAZING picture. Sound is OK. This is an EXCELLENT buy which I would jump on in a New York Minute, except I already own 6 Vizios and really don't need another.

AlexD

I bought the i500-A1 a month ago when it was last for sale here refurb for the same price. I am very happy with the purchase. It replaced a 37 inch Vizio Razer TV that I sold used for $275 so a really reasonable upgrade for me. Biggest drawback for me is that the sound on this TV is really crappy. I would definitely recommend a sound bar for this TV.

Ringo4422

darrylk wrote:Hmmm... so the LCD weighs less and and uses less electricity than the LED? Somethin' don't seem right here.

They are BOTH LCD. One uses CFL backlighting, the other uses LEDs for backlighting. This applies to ALL TVs today with the exception of Plasma and the horrifically expensive OLED TVs.
Marketing just plain confuses people.

krossout

Ringo4422 wrote:They are BOTH LCD. One uses CFL backlighting, the other uses LEDs for backlighting. This applies to ALL TVs today with the exception of Plasma and the horrifically expensive OLED TVs.
Marketing just plain confuses people.

Ringo4422

I bought 2 32" LCD sets from here (when it says LCD, that means flourescant back lighted) from Woot 2 years ago and both work fine. Purchased an extended warranty through Square Trade when they were running a 30% off special. Never needed to use it.

doferty

I picked up the 47" version of this about a month ago. Extremely happy with it. The only issue I have is that it takes a few seconds to "boot up" when powering on. The screen comes up, and you can see the souce (HDMI, etc.) but you can't lower the volume or do anything until it's done "thinking."

Sarisin

I received the LED Smart version from Woot on Tuesday - it took only a week to arrive.

No problem setting it up and getting it connected to the internet wirelessly. There are a good number of apps available, but not as many as with, say, a Roku. The remote has dedicated buttons for Netflix, Amazon and M-Go.

This was to replace a 46" Phillips also purchased from Woot. Honestly, the Phillips had a better quality picture (despite me fooling with all the settings) and the sound quality was much better with the Phillips as well.

Normally the sound would not bother me as I use headphones to keep the peace at home. However, this set did NOT have a headphones jack despite several tech specs saying it did. I am in the process of hooking up some wireless headphones using the audio jacks.

I am happy with the purchase, particularly the price, but the Phillips was a little better quality IMO. I did buy a three-year Square Trade warranty for about $42.00 as well.

morrise6

bigray57 wrote:Bought this EXACT TV from Walmart on Black Friday bundled with a really nice wall mount for $899.00. This is an AMAZING TV with an AMAZING picture. Sound is OK. This is an EXCELLENT buy which I would jump on in a New York Minute, except I already own 6 Vizios and really don't need another.

bluemaple

When the LED-backlit TVs were first introduced, they were called just that - LED-Backlit LCD HDTV.

After the technology became more known (I assume), manufacturers shortened the name to LED HDTV. You can see this on the VIZIO page for this LED TV.

Woot will default to the name uses by manufaxturers for most sales.

And now, back to your regularly scheduled thread and product discussion.

@TT, thanks for that.

Woot could do everybody including itself a favor by labeling the TV's accurately, not simply rabbiting the (non-sensical, non-parallel) Manufacturer labels.

It seems 1/3 to 1/2 of the comments everytime 'LED' TVs are put up attempt to 'clarify" the backlighting issue. You regularly chime in asking comments stay on target - these "LCD vs LED" comments could be prevented by simple Woot action.

Hopefully Woot adds more value than simply reselling everything offered to it. That begs at least understanding at a basic level what it sells. This 'LCD vs LED' issue qualifies as 'basic'.

Why not proactively label all Woot TV's unambiguously:

"LCD-CCFL backlighting"

"LCD-LED backlighting"

Or simply label them all accurately "LCD" and put the backlighting method in the sub-titles or specs.

wolfwood1

I don't think that this TV offers a square trade warranty.. which is odd, I thought they put it on almost all woot items..

Sarisin wrote:I received the LED Smart version from Woot on Tuesday - it took only a week to arrive.

No problem setting it up and getting it connected to the internet wirelessly. There are a good number of apps available, but not as many as with, say, a Roku. The remote has dedicated buttons for Netflix, Amazon and M-Go.

This was to replace a 46" Phillips also purchased from Woot. Honestly, the Phillips had a better quality picture (despite me fooling with all the settings) and the sound quality was much better with the Phillips as well.

Normally the sound would not bother me as I use headphones to keep the peace at home. However, this set did NOT have a headphones jack despite several tech specs saying it did. I am in the process of hooking up some wireless headphones using the audio jacks.

I am happy with the purchase, particularly the price, but the Phillips was a little better quality IMO. I did buy a three-year Square Trade warranty for about $42.00 as well.

clydaho

Bought the 50" tv last time Woot! offered it July 8. I can't speak for every tv...but the refurb on mine was poorly done, if it was even done at all. It lasted exactly one day, and then there were electric green splotches all over the screen and lines running through the picture. It's on its way back to Woot! for a refund.

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